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They cost a fortune to host, but the Olympics and Jubilee celebrations last
year managed to raise national happiness by only a tiny amount, according to
official data.

The number of Britons reporting high levels of life satisfaction increased
from 75.9 per cent to 77 per cent during 2012, and those reporting high
levels of anxiety fell from 21.8 per cent to 20.9 per cent, according to the
official study of national wellbeing.

It also found that the mid-life crisis remains entrenched in British life,
with those aged 45 to 54 the unhappiest by far. Those aged 65 to 79,